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50 free Minions: the Rise of Gru trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Minions: The Rise of Gru sends an eleven-year-old Gru to San Francisco in 1976 to audition for the world's worst supervillain team, and this quiz covers the whole caper: the Zodiac Stone heist, Otto trading it for a pet rock, Wild Knuckles and his crocodile pool, Master Chow's acupuncture clinic, the Chinese New Year showdown and the funeral that turns out to be fake. The early questions are easy enough for kids who have seen the film a dozen times: which Minion has braces, who leads the Vicious 6, what animals Kevin, Stuart and Bob get turned into. Later ones are for the grown-ups in the room: which action stars voice the villains, who produced the 70s cover soundtrack, why the film was delayed two years, what China changed about the ending, and how a group of Australian teenagers in suits turned it into a TikTok phenomenon. Every answer has been checked against the film's production record and each question links to its source. For the whole franchise, try our Minions and Despicable Me trivia; this page is only about the 2022 prequel.
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Q 01In which year is Minions: The Rise of Gru set?
1976
The soundtrack leans into the era with modern artists covering 70s funk, soul and disco hits.
Q 02How old is Gru in the film?
Eleven
Steve Carell said he made his Gru voice younger and less pronounced for the role, and was paid $12.5 million.
Q 03Why are the Vicious 6 holding auditions when Gru applies?
To replace their betrayed founder
They tried to kill their founder during the Zodiac Stone heist and need a sixth member.
Q 04Who leads the Vicious 6 after they betray their founder?
Belle Bottom
Taraji P. Henson voices the disco-themed master thief.
Q 05What does Wild Knuckles decide after coming home to find the Vicious 6 have destroyed his house?
To give up villainy
Distraught at his friends' betrayal, he sends Gru away, only to return for the final fight.
Q 06Which Oscar-winning actor voiced Wild Knuckles in his final film role?
Alan Arkin
The Little Miss Sunshine star died in 2023; the film also credits Julie Andrews as Gru's mother.
Q 07What treasure do the Vicious 6 steal at the start of the film?
The Zodiac Stone
It is connected to the Chinese zodiac and can turn its holder into a giant animal.
Q 08Which Minion trades the precious stone for a pet rock?
Otto
The newcomer with braces is Gru's undoing and then his saviour, chasing the rock's new owner across the desert.
Q 09To which city does Wild Knuckles take the kidnapped Gru?
San Francisco
He gives the Minions 48 hours to bring him the stone or Gru dies.
Q 10Who is Master Chow?
A kung fu teacher turned acupuncturist
She rescues Kevin, Stuart and Bob from Knuckles's goons and then trains them, though they leave before they finish.
Q 11Which Everything Everywhere All at Once star voices Master Chow?
Michelle Yeoh
It came out the year before she won her Best Actress Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Q 12Where does Otto finally catch up with the biker who has the stone?
Death Valley
The biker, voiced by RZA, gives the stone back and rides Otto to San Francisco.
Q 13Which Wu-Tang Clan rapper voices the biker Otto befriends?
RZA
Raymond S. Persi voices Brad, the biker's nephew who traded the stone for the pet rock in the first place.
Gru saves Wild Knuckles from being eaten by what in his backyard pool?
Q 21Which martial-arts action star voices the Vicious 6 member with a giant mechanical lobster claw?
Jean-Claude Van Damme
The claw replaces his right arm; the character is a pun on the actor's own name.
Q 22Which Vicious 6 member is a roller-skating villain voiced by Dolph Lundgren?
Svengeance
Danny Trejo's Stronghold has huge metal hands, and Lucy Lawless's Nun-chuck is a nun with nunchaku.
Q 23Which Xena star voices Nun-chuck?
Lucy Lawless
The character was reportedly the reason the film was rumoured to be banned in Lebanon.
Crocodiles
It is the moment the two start to bond, before they rob the Bank of Evil together.
Q 15Which institution do Gru and Wild Knuckles rob as a villainy lesson?
The Bank of Evil
The bank first appeared in Despicable Me, where its motto is 'formerly Lehman Brothers'.
Q 16During which event does the final showdown in Chinatown take place?
A Chinese New Year parade
The Vicious 6 use the stone to become giant zodiac animals and tie Gru to the hands of a clock tower.
Q 17Kevin, Stuart and Bob are turned into which three animals during the finale?
A rabbit, a rooster and a goat
All three are Chinese zodiac animals; Bob the goat is the one who really lands the punches.
Q 18What does Gru turn the defeated Vicious 6 into with the stone?
Rats
They are then arrested, while the Anti-Villain League confiscates the stone.
Q 19What twist happens at Wild Knuckles's funeral?
He turns out to have faked his death
Gru has just given a heartfelt eulogy; the Chinese release replaced this scene with a message saying Knuckles was jailed for twenty years.
Q 20Which character does Gru hire at the end of the film, in gratitude for a helpful invention?
Dr. Nefario
In this film he runs a record store; it is the last time Russell Brand voices him.
Q 24Which Hollywood legend voices Gru's mother, Marlena?
Julie Andrews
She has voiced Marlena since Despicable Me in 2010.
Q 25Who voices all of the Minions?
Pierre Coffin
The co-creator of the franchise later admitted in 2026 that he does not necessarily like this film.
Q 26Who directed Minions: The Rise of Gru?
Kyle Balda
He co-directed Minions and Despicable Me 3; Matthew Fogel wrote the screenplay from a story he developed with Brian Lynch.
Q 27The Rise of Gru is which numbered film in the Despicable Me franchise?
Fifth
It followed Despicable Me 1-3 and the first Minions, and preceded Despicable Me 4.
Q 28Which pop producer oversaw the soundtrack of 70s covers?
Jack Antonoff
Contributions included St. Vincent's 'Funkytown', Kali Uchis's 'Desafinado' and Diana Ross with Tame Impala on 'Turn Up the Sunshine'.
Q 29Which Diana Ross and Tame Impala song was the soundtrack's lead single?
Turn Up the Sunshine
It arrived on May 20, 2022, six weeks before the film.
Q 30Which Simon and Garfunkel song do the Minions perform in the film, singled out by a Boston Globe critic?
Cecilia
The score, by longtime Illumination composer Heitor Pereira, also had Carell and Coffin singing 'Bad Moon Rising'.